Genus Heligmothrips Mound, 1970

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• Heligmothrips Mound, L.A. 1970. Convoluted maxillary stylets and the systematics of some Phlaeothripine Thysanoptera from Casuarina trees in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 18: 439-463 [Date published 31/12/1970] [453].

  Type species:

   Trichothrips erinaceus Karny, 1920 by original designation.

 

Introduction

Remarks on the genus, a key to species and a revised diagnosis are given by Mound et al. (2022).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Gulf Plains (GUP) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Central Arnhem (CA), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Kanmantoo (KAN), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South East Corner (SEC) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, WA: Carnarvon (CAR) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; NT, SA, WA: Dampierland (DL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal

General References

Mound, L.A. 2008. Identification and host associations of some Thysanoptera Phlaeothripinae described from Australia pre-1930. Zootaxa 1714: 41-60 [56] (note)

Mound, L.A., Tree, D.J. & Wells, A. 2022. Convoluted maxillary stylets among Australian Thysanoptera Phlaeothripinae associated mainly with Casuarinaceae trees. Zootaxa 5190(3): 301-332 [Date published 29 Sept. 2022] [317]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Nov-2022	PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE	22-Oct-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Alice Wells (ABRS)
05-Feb-2020		17-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
05-Feb-2020		16-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)